Thursday, July 27, 2006

Finally my first "cache" !!

While I was in Santa Marta I had the chance to go to the Tairona park, where I placed my first cache for the geocaching game (For more info go to: http://www.geocaching.com).

Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for gps users. Participating in a cache hunt is a good way to take advantage of the wonderful features and capability of a gps unit. The basic idea is to have individuals and organizations set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards. All the visitor is asked to do is if they get something they should try to leave something for the cache.

The GPS coordinates for it are as follow: N 11° 18.897 W 073° 56.773

The place where it´s hidden is here:



This catch is located in the Tairona Park which is located in the city of Santa Marta, is just an awesome place. The cache is located in "Arrecifes Beach" in a rocky small mountain between the sea and the beach.., just to the right. You will have to climb the rocks to reach it because it´s on the top of it.

The cache is in a small box covered by a black plastic bag, inside it you will fin a log book, some pencils and 2 suvenirs that I left on it. When you´re on the top go to the border (To the North) that faces the sea and on it you will find a series of rocks (on the top), there is a small crack between 2 rocks, the box is inside it covered by some wood sticks and leafs.



And here I was.., getting ready to start my journey in the Tairona park.

If you are a fan of geocaching you can fetch more info about my cache here:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=60c15f29-c4c1-454a-a75b-f8d04dc6c889

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